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67-yr-old man wants court to dissolve his marriage over wife’s constant beating

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67-yr-old man wants court to dissolve his marriage over wife's constant beating

A 67-year-old man, identified as Mr. Olawale Jayeola, on Thursday told an Igando customary court in Lagos, that he wants his marriage to his wife dissolved because she constantly beats him like a baby.

Mr. Jayeola, an engineer told the court that his wife Olatayo; “Will beat me to death one day if I continue with the marriage.”

Continuing, he added that; “I have scars all over my body as proofs of her abuse. I live every minute of my life in fear. Save me from the cruel hands of my wife.

“I have suffered so much in silence; any time we have misunderstanding, she would beat the hell out of me.”

Mr. Jayeola also revealed that his marriage to his wife has thus far been a turbulent one noting that in 2013 he brought her to court for the dissolution of their union but she begged him.

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“I have not been at peace since I got married to my wife, she has been so quarrelsome.

“I brought her to court in 2013 for the dissolution of the marriage, but she begged me and promised to change.

“The court asked her to write an undertaking not to beat me again, which she wrote and the case was put on sine die stage.

“She has refused to change. Instead, her behaviour towards me has been hostile and the beating continued unabated. She even threatened to burn my cars.”

However, his wife, Olatayo denied the allegations leveled against her by her husband saying she still loves him while also pleading with the court not to dissolve her marriage.

“I never beat my husband neither did I threaten to burn his cars,” she said.

Before adjourning the case till July 25, for further hearing, the President of the court, Mr. Adegboyega Omilola, ordered the couple to, each, come along with three members of their families for Alternative Dispute Resolution.

 

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